The list for December 18, 1997
The Top 15 Things Overheard in
the Beverly Hills City Jail
the Beverly Hills City Jail
- “Ah yes, Mr. Downey, sir. And how many nights will you be staying with us? Will a room on the west wing suit you?”
- “Hey, man, check it out — ain’t that Beavis and Butt-head?”
- “I don’t care how many packs of cigarettes you have, Bruno, my first love will always be the theatre.”
- “The warden’s wife was wondering if you gentlemen could join her for tea and petit-fours at two-ish?”
- “Where’s my body double, dammit?!?”
- “Jeeves, could you please retrieve that bar of soap for me?”
- “Okay, this time I’ll be William Hurt and you be Raul Julia.”
- “Either you start talking or the poodle gets it.”
- “Helloooooo, Nancy boys!”
- “Yo, ActorBoy — do Nicholson again!”
- “Lemme show ya *my* Oscar — and it ain’t gold plated!”
- “Sorry, I’m just not really *believing* that you want me to be your bitch… can we try the dialogue again?”
- “Nobody knows the trouble I’ve–hey! This chardonnay is supposed to be chilled!”
- “Guard! Downey’s passed out in the wrong cell again!”
And the Number 1 Thing Overheard in the Beverly Hills City Jail…
- “Okay, here’s the plan: You bite him and I’ll grab the heroin.”
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CREDITS
Selected from 100 submissions from 36 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Paul Paternoster, Redwood City, CA — 1 (9th #1)
- Phil Doyle, Mercer Island, WA — 2
- George Olson, Colorado Springs, CO — 3, 13
- Lev L. Spiro, Los Angeles, CA — 4
- Jennifer Ritzinger, Seattle, WA — 5
- Jennifer Hart, Arlington, VA — 6, 12
- LeMel Hebert-Williams, San Francisco, CA — 6
- Bill Muse, Seattle, WA — 6
- Ed Brooksbank, Sacramento, CA — 7
- Beth Kohl, Chicago, IL — 8
- Denis Rubin, Los Angeles, CA — 9
- Greg Sadosuk, Fairfax, VA — 9
- Barry T. Smith, Boulder Creek, CA — 10, 15
- Martell Stroup, Reno, NV — 11
- Alan Smithee, Sugar Land, TX — 14, Topic
- Alexander Clemens, San Francisco, CA — Banner Tag
- R.M. Weiner, Somerville, MA — Topic
- Thin Lizzy, London, England — Ambience
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